By Danielle M. Bergan When MauiTime asked me to write an article on trans-rights and transphobia, it sent thoughts racing through my head at light speed. There’s so much happening in and to our Trans community in the summer of 2017 and most of it is a clear and present danger to who we are not just as citizens, but as human beings. Backtracking a bit, when I began my … [Read more...] about What it’s like to be transgender in America, and on Maui, in 2017
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Horsemanship for Veterans Program at Haku Baldwin Center
The Horsemanship for Veterans Program starts on Thursday, May 4 at the Haku Baldwin Center and continues every Thursday for six consecutive weeks. The program is open to all U.S. military members–retired, disabled and active duty. No horse experience is required, and no horseback riding is involved. Guests will learn about grooming, groundwork and natural horsemanship skills. … [Read more...] about Horsemanship for Veterans Program at Haku Baldwin Center
Checking out the new Maui USO exhibit at the Makawao History Museum
So this weekend my girlfriend and I drove up to Makawao and walked around town. One of our stops was the Makawao History Museum, which is displaying a new exhibit on the old USO [United Services Organizations] Crossroads Club that was housed in what is now Casanova during World War II. It's a tiny exhibit, but then again, it's part of a tiny museum, so it all balances … [Read more...] about Checking out the new Maui USO exhibit at the Makawao History Museum
President Obama goes to Hiroshima, Maui gets millions in defense funding
Today President Barack Obama made the first-ever presidential visit to Hiroshima, site of the first use of nuclear weapons in warfare. That Obama was the first president to ever visit the city–where a single American bomb killed about a hundred thousand people–betrays a great deal about how we still can't cope with the fact that the U.S. is the only nation in history to ever … [Read more...] about President Obama goes to Hiroshima, Maui gets millions in defense funding